Why everyone's talking about critical race theory
You’ve probably heard the term critical race theory recently. Republican lawmakers in at least 9 states have come out strongly against it, claiming the theory is divisive, and are trying to ban its te...
9 Juni 202111min
A controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s
The FDA has approved a new Alzheimer’s drug for the first time in almost 20 years. The hope is it would treat the more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease. But the effectiveness o...
8 Juni 202110min
The hot, dry summer ahead for the West
The western US is in the middle of one of the worst droughts in at least the past 1,200 years. And as soon as this week, Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country, could reach its lowest point s...
7 Juni 202111min
From hoarding to sharing vaccines
It's Friday and we're doing a global edition of our weekly politics roundup, with Axios world editor Dave Lawler. Plus, what to expect from the housing market. And, how pandemic gaming is changing t...
4 Juni 202111min
Back to normal without herd immunity
Every week for the past year, Axios has published a map of where Covid cases are rising and falling in the U.S. Today, we retire our map because cases are decreasing nationwide, and have been for a wh...
3 Juni 202110min
Grading Biden’s racial wealth gap plan
Yesterday, the Biden administration was in Tulsa, Oklahoma to mark 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre. While there, he announced a plan to tackle the racial wealth gap in the US, aimed at increas...
2 Juni 202110min
Tennis’ biggest star takes a stand
Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka abruptly dropped out of the French Open yesterday, two days into the tournament. That’s after she was fined and threatened with expulsion for declining to do me...
1 Juni 202111min
The news media's reckoning on race
When George Floyd was killed, the protests for racial justice put pressure on news organizations to do what many people had been calling for for years: hire and promote more journalists of color, list...
28 Maj 202111min
